JEFF KOVITZ, QC

Chair — Board of Governors

(Governor since July 2003)

(Canmore) Jeff Kovitz is the president of TouchSend Corporation which specializes in real estate development project management. TouchSend Corporation has also developed custom software, and has done so for Microsoft Corporation, Intel Corporation, SAP, Petro-Canada, Alliance Pipeline, and others.

A leading Canadian expert in the use of technology in politics, Jeff has developed sophisticated techniques for polling, tracking, call center management, as well as voter identification. He has developed and implemented software for political leadership contests and elections throughout Canada.

Jeff has served on the boards of Alberta Ballet, Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary Accessible Housing Society, Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, the Goodwill Industries of Alberta advisory board, the Provincial Court Nominating Committee for the Province of Alberta, the Expert Advisory Panel on Publicly Funded Healthcare in the Province of Alberta, and the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Grandstand Attractions Committee. Jeff is a member of the Premier’s Council on Arts and Culture for the Province of Alberta.

Jeff holds degrees in science and law from the University of Toronto, was admitted to the Bar in Alberta in 1973, was awarded a Queen's Counsel from the Province of Alberta in 1990 and an Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005.

Jeff has four children and resides in Canmore.

MARY E. HOFSTETTER

President and CEO — The Banff Centre

(Governor since May 2000)

Originally from Kitchener, Ontario, Mary Hofstetter holds a BA (Honours) in English and Theatre Arts from the University of Guelph, and an MA in English from the University of Western Ontario. She has also studied technical theatre production and art at The Banff Centre, French Language at the University of Neuchatel, and Civilization Française at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Mary taught English and art in England and at Neuchatel Junior College in Switzerland before returning to Canada to join the Ontario College system. She held various positions at Conestoga College in Kitchener before moving to Mohawk College in Hamilton in 1984 as the founding vice-president, academic.

In 1988, Mary was appointed president and chief executive officer of Sheridan College headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, one of Canada’s largest colleges. During her eight-year tenure at Sheridan, she was instrumental in developing Sheridan’s international reputation for excellence in the arts and animation, and in generating diverse global partnerships with the public and private sectors. In 1996, Mary left Sheridan to assume the position of general manager and chief operating officer of the Stratford Festival.

In 1999, she was appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer of The Banff Centre; acting president and CEO in 2000; and president and CEO in 2001. She has lead significant change in both programming direction and organizational structure at The Banff Centre. She is currently leading the implementation of a new campus master plan with building projects of over $100M, as well as the Campaign for The Banff Centre which has thus far generated over $126M for capital funding and programming endowment.

Current directorships include the Council for Business and the Arts in Canada, Banff Television Foundation, the Alberta Informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE) and the Shaw Festival International Advisory Council.

JACK DAVIS

Vice-Chair — Board of Governors
Chair — Campus Development Committee

(Governor since July 2006)

In 1999 Jack Davis was appointed president and chief executive officer of the Calgary Health Region, one of the fastest growing heath regions in Alberta. He had spent the previous five years as Deputy Minister in various Province of Alberta departments, and as Deputy Solicitor General of Alberta for two years.

Jack graduated from the University of Regina with a bachelor of psychology and philosophy (B.A. Honours), and is accredited as a chartered psychologist. He has served on several boards, including the Alberta Social Housing Corporation, Alberta Energy and Utilities Advisory Board, Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science, and Mount Royal College.

ROBERT BREAKER

(Governor since April 2004)

Robert Breaker was born and raised on the Siksika Nation in traditional Blackfoot territory within southeast Alberta. He attended the University of Calgary, graduating with a bachelor of education in 1976.

Following his graduation, Robert began his career with 18 years as an educator in Alberta and Saskatchewan, fulfilling the roles of teacher, vice-principal, principal, and education director. With the establishment of his own consulting company, Breaker & Associates, he began facilitating educational and management services for First Nations’ communities throughout western Canada. He then became executive director of the Yellowhead Tribal Council, and an advisor on the Confederacy of Treaty Six Bilateral Process. Returning to Siksika Nation, he was elected chief, and went on to hold the education portfolio for the Treaty Seven Nations, and to sit on the Chiefs’ Summit of Alberta Steering Committee, and the Chiefs’ Committee on Education in Alberta.

In 1998, Robert became program director of the Aboriginal Leadership and Management program at The Banff Centre, a position he held until January of 2003.

Robert currently serves as tribal manager for the 6,000-member Siksika Nation. In that role he serves as advisor to the Siksika Chief and Council, who govern the Siksika Nation, and is responsible for managing an $85 million budget with more than 600 staff. He also currently serves as a member of the Canada First Nation Advisory Committee and a director of the Native Addictions Services Society.

Robert and his wife Audrey have four children and nine grandchildren. He is a partner in the Breaker Brothers farm operation and operates a family cow/calf ranch.

JOAN FORGE

(Governor since June 2009)

Born and raised in Ontario, Joan relocated to Alberta in 1979 and has considered herself an Albertan ever since.

After several years in the banking, newspaper, and agri-food business and with Economic Development Edmonton, Joan was appointed executive assistant to the Honourable Iris Evans, Minister of Municipal Affairs. Joan spent two years in this political position responsible for communications, issues management, media and public relations, legislative strategies, and managing the Minister’s office.

In 1999, Joan joined the Edmonton 2001 World Championships in Athletics, the third largest sporting event in the world, as director of communications. She was also a member of the senior management team, ticket sales strategy committee and chaired the multi-party communications committee and the issues management team.

After wrapping up the track and field championships in early 2002, Joan opened Forge Ahead Communications, her own consulting business specializing in government and public relations.

Joan is a member of the Alberta’s Promise Premiers Council, Kids with Cancer Dream Committee, and ALS Society Advocacy Committee. As well as being involved in many events in Edmonton, Joan’s past community and volunteer involvement include: Kids Kottage, ASTECH Awards, Make-A-Wish Foundation, World Figure Skating Championships, Bell Walk for Kids — Kids Help Phone, NAIT Cruise, Canadian Culinary Team, and the 2002 Grey Cup. Recently, Joan spearheaded the newly formed Edmonton Eskimo Wives Endowment Fund for ovarian cancer research in conjunction with the Edmonton Eskimo Women’s Dinner.

DAVID G. FOUNTAIN

(Governor since October 2004)

(Halifax) Born in Halifax, David Fountain was raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where his father, Sheldon L. Fountain, founded and taught at the Fred C. Manning School of Business at Acadia University. A graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, David is a private investor and active community volunteer. He is the immediate past chair of the board of trustees of the IWK Health Centre Foundation, where he continues to serve as a member of the board. Prior to becoming the board chair of this foundation, he was chair of the “It’s About Family” capital campaign for the IWK Health Centre. In the past he has served as a member of the board of the National Ballet of Canada, a member and chair of the board of Neptune Theatre, and as a member of the board and chair of the Nova Scotia International Air Show.

JILL GARDINER

(Governor since June 2008)

Jill Gardiner was Managing Director and Regional Head (British Columbia) for RBC Capital Markets, Canada's largest investment bank until she retired on March 31, 2009. She was responsible for the firm's investment banking practice in British Columbia as well as management of RBC Capital Market's Vancouver office and was a member of the investment banking management committee, the valuation and fairness opinion committee, and the women's advisory committee. Over the 20 plus years that Jill was in the investment banking business, she had various roles in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and debt capital markets.

Prior to joining the investment banking business, Jill was a Senior Project Manager at the Ontario Energy Board and also was a Lecturer at the University of Victoria's Business School. Jill graduated from Queen's University with a B.Sc. (O.T.) in 1980 and a MBA in 1984. She has previously served on the board of trustees of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the board of governors of S.A.I.T. Polytechnic.

CHRISTIANE GERMAIN

(Governor since April 2008)

Christiane Germain is the strategist behind the Groupe Germain’s marketing campaigns. She is also in charge of operations for both the Le Germain and ALT Hotels brands.

Energetic, persistent, and inventive, Christiane has left her mark on the hospitality industry. She studied hotel and restaurant management in Toronto and completed an internship at a restaurant in San Francisco before returning to work with her family and opening no fewer than three restaurant-bars and two luxury hotels in the Quebec City area.

She then expanded her field of operations by opening hotels in Montreal and Toronto and, in 2007, establishing long overdue alternative to the typical mid-range hotel experience with ALT Hotels. In 2006, she also announced that Le Groupe Germain was expanding their line of luxury boutique hotels with a new “Le Germain Living” development in Calgary. This development project is the first such complex to be built in Calgary, encompassing a hotel, office tower, and residences development and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2009.

In addition to running a fast-growing company, Christiane was a former president of the Quebec City Tourism and Convention Board, Quebec City Summer Festival, and Restaurant Owners’ Association and sits on a number of other corporate boards.

CHRISTOPHER HILBERT

(Governor since June 2009)

Christopher Hilbert is a partner in the New York office of Sidley Austin LLP, one of the world’s largest international law firms. He is a transactional lawyer and business law adviser who represents U.S. and non-U.S. corporations, institutional investors, and investment funds in a wide variety of corporate transactions and other matters across the United States. He is co-head of Sidley’s Global Syndicated and Leveraged Finance practice and head of the General Corporate and Finance Group in the New York office. Chris has represented Canadian business interests in the United States for over 25 years. He was named to the BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms 2009, which names those lawyers providing exemplary service based on recommendations by corporate counsel at large and Fortune 1000 companies. He is a frequent commentator and speaker on U.S. securities and corporate topics.

Chris graduated in 1973 from Amherst College (summa cum laude in economics) and in 1976 from Harvard Law School. Over the years, he has provided pro bono legal services to various charitable organizations in New York. Chris works in New York City and lives with his wife and two children in Rye, New York.

JAMES S. KINNEAR

(Governor since October 2007)

(Calgary) As president and C.E.O. of Pengrowth Energy Trust, James S. Kinnear is responsible for providing the vision and leadership to one of North America’s oldest, largest, and most successful Canadian energy royalty trusts. Formed in 1988 with a $12.5 million offering (Canadian), Pengrowth Energy Trust now enjoys an enterprise value of more than $5 billion and 640 team members who are based in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and England.

James graduated from the University of Toronto in 1969 with a B.Sc. degree and received a C.F.A. designation in 1979. Prior to founding Pengrowth Management Limited in 1982, he was a partner in a Montreal-based securities firm.

In addition to the company’s business accomplishments, James is equally proud of Pengrowth’s strong and significant support for charitable and community-based organizations. Some of the company’s key partnerships include: The Banff Centre, Canadian Open, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Pengrowth-Nova Scotia Energy Scholarship program, local chambers of commerce, local health initiatives, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, and the Pengrowth Rockyview Invitational Golf Tournament — one of Canada’s largest single day fundraising golf tournament; and building sponsor of the Pengrowth Saddledome.

James is the recipient of the Ernst & Young Prairies Region Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2001); Alberta Centennial Medal in recognition of outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta (2005); Calgary’s Consumers Choice Awards for Business Man of the Year; and the prestigious Fraser Milner Casgrain Pinnacle Award for entrepreneurship and community service (2007). He serves on a number of boards and committees, including the Banff Centre Development Committee, Calgary Chamber of Commerce, Calgary Health Trust Development Council, Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Charter for Business of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award program, National Arts Centre Foundation Board and the Pengrowth Rockyview Invitational Golf Tournament.

DON LOWRY

(Governor since July 2005)

Don Lowry is the president and chief executive officer of EPCOR. Since joining EPCOR in 1998, Mr. Lowry has led the transformation of EPCOR into a national energy company, doubling its earnings and assets in three years. Prior to joining EPCOR, he spent more than 20 years in the telecommunications industry, including six years as president and chief operating officer of TELUS Communications Inc.

Don graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), followed by an MBA degree. He is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program and the Banff School of Management. He serves on several boards including the SaskTel, Hydrogenics Corporation, the Canadian Electrical Association, and Alberta Climate Change Central boards.

BRENDA MACKIE

Chair — Governance Committee

(Governor since December 2008)

Brenda Mackie was born in Calgary then moved to Winnipeg where she graduated from Balmoral Hall School in 1970. She attended the University of Calgary for one year and continued her studies at the University of Western Ontario where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974.

Brenda was co-owner of the Owl’s Nest Bookstore for nine years beginning in January 1996. The business was expanded in 2001 to include Owlets children’s bookstore. After many happy years as a bookseller, she sold her interest to her partner and his wife in 2004.

Brenda is a strong leader in the community. While her children were growing up she volunteered and participated in various school committees and at the Glencoe club. She was a member of the steering committee of the Markin-Flanagan Writer-in-Residence program at the University of Calgary Faculty of Humanities for four years and since 2005, she co-chaired the Reach! campaign. She is a member of the Community and Partners Advisory Committee at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and an active advisory member of ThinkFirst, Calgary. She is also a longstanding member of the Altar Guild at Christ Church, as well as a member of Social Venture Partners Calgary.

TRINA MCQUEEN

(Governor since April 2009)

Trina McQueen is adjunct professor of broadcast management at Schulich School of Business at York University. She sits on the boards of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, McClelland and Stewart Publishers, the Canadian Opera Company, and Historica. She is on the advisory board of the Canadian Literary Review.

Mrs. McQueen retired as president and COO of CTV Inc. She began her 35-year career in television as an on-air journalist; and was CBC’s head of News, Current Affairs and Newsworld, and the founding president of the Discovery Channel, before joining CTV.

She has had a life-long interest in education and the arts. She has been chair of the Banff Television Foundation, chair of the Governor-General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation, and has served on the boards of the Canadian Stage Company, PEN Canada, Telefilm Canada, and the Canadian Television Fund. In education, she was a governor of the University of Waterloo and served on advisory boards at Queen’s, Ryerson, the University of Regina, and Carleton.

Mrs. McQueen is an Officer of the Order of Canada. She has been named to the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame and the Canadian News Hall of Fame. Among other honours, she has received the Canadian Journalism Foundation Award of Excellence and the Banff World Television Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.

SUSAN PETERSON

(Governor since July 2009)

Susan Peterson was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage by the Prime Minister of Canada in 2004 and served in that capacity until 2009. Prior to this appointment, Susan held other senior positions in the public service of Canada - serving five Ministers of Finance with the Department of Finance from 1985 to 2002, and two Prime Ministers in the Privy Council Office from 1981 to 1985. While with the Department of Canadian Heritage, she served on the board of directors of the Canadian Television Fund.

Before joining the public service, Susan worked with the private sector through the Conference Board of Canada, specializing in matters concerning corporate boards of directors and corporate public affairs. As well, she worked for the Parliamentary Centre for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and taught philosophy at Carleton University. She is now President of Intercounsel Ltd.

Susan has a bachelor of arts degree from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Arts from Carleton University, and did doctoral work at the University of London, England. She completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School, and the Directors Education Program at the Institute of Corporate Directors/Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto.

Susan and her husband, Thomas d'Aquino, live in Ottawa.

JOSEPH C. SHLESINGER

(Governor since February 2009)

Joe Shlesinger is a managing director of Callisto Capital, one of Canada’s leading mid-market private equity firms, with interests in the healthcare, energy services, and environmental testing sectors of the economy. Before joining Callisto in 2003, Joe spent 17 years with Bain & Company, one of the world’s leading strategy consulting firms, where he worked in the UK, the US, and was the founder and leader of the firm’s Canadian operations.

He graduated from Ryerson Polytechnic University with a bachelor of applied arts (journalism) and then completed his MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Joe is on the advisory board of the Richard Ivey School of Business (where he chairs the development committee) and on the boards of directors of companies in which Callisto invests. He and his wife, Samara Walbohm, live in Toronto with their three children.

ARNI C. THORSTEINSON, CFA

Chair — Audit, Finance, and Investment Committee

(Governor since July 2006)

Arni Thorsteinson is president and principal of Shelter Canadian Properties Limited. He has over 35 years experience in real estate development and finance. Arni is a founder of Lanesborough, Huntingdon, Temple and White Rock Real Estate Investment Trusts.

Arni is a chairman of the board of the advisory board of Canadian Aspen Properties Ltd., as well as chairman of the Vision Capital Fund Advisory Board. He is also a director of Ben Moss Jewellers Ltd. and Onex Corporation, as well as a trustee of the Bird Construction Income Fund. Arni obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1974 and also holds a bachelor of commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Manitoba.